IV. Upper-Division Requirement
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College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business and Economics, and Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language usually require students to earn at least 45 semester hours in courses at the 300- and 400-level (also called “upper-division courses”). However, for some majors requiring more than 15 semester hours in 100- and 200-level courses, the upper-division course requirement has been reduced. The majors approved for this reduction are:
- Art
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Geology
- Marine Science
- Natural Science
- Nursing, RN to BSN program
- Performing Arts
- Physics
The program descriptions in this Catalog for some of these majors specify a set number of upper-division semester hours which must be completed to graduate. Other programs use a formula to compute the number of upper-division semester hours required of their majors. In these cases, the requirement for 45 semester hours in 300- and 400-level courses is reduced by the number of semester hours over and above 15 in 100- and 200- level courses required for the major.